Groom, cousin die in wrong-way Manhattan parkway hit-run crash day before wedding
Kirk Walker, 38, was scheduled to tie the knot with his fiancée at the Royal Manor in Garfield, N.J., Sunday.
Look at where you are…look at where you started…the fact that you’re alive is a miracle….
@HamiltonMusical
I wish we could visit
@UVaNICU
today so they could see Imani a year later….
My grandma’s gone. The one I’m most like. The one who gave me permission to be myself. She promised me she wouldn’t leave until I had my last child. Once she held Imani, I knew it wouldn’t be long. Rest well Grandma. You earned it.
I almost didn’t make it past my own birth. Almost didn’t make it past my youngest child’s birth. But today…God allowed me to see 40 years old. Grateful.
We didn’t fully know what we were getting into…we just knew that we would take each day as it comes…8 years, 2 near-death situations (both mine), & 2 beautiful daughters later, we’re still taking each day as it comes…
#itsouranniversary
My dad gave me a bag filled with quarters that he found at my grandma’s. My granddaddy saved up quarters for me to use for laundry while at UVA in undergrad. Granddaddy passed at the end of my 1st semester in December 2000. He sent me a sign from Heaven..he’s still with me.
Ok. It’s been a tough and interesting few days. I’ll say this: Imani Grace decided to bless us with her presence this past Monday morning at 28 weeks & 3 days....I’ve been in the hospital for almost a week now...we’re both doing fine...she’s a feisty lil woman....🥰
I was bout to get mad at the nameplate in this commercial that said “guidance counselor.” But then I heard what the character said. And I’m not mad anymore. Because a school counselor wouldn’t have said that.
3 years ago today the doctors told my husband there was a chance that neither me or Imani might make it….they said we both might die….but God said naw….
“I challenge other Black American travelers to visit at least one plantation home, to just absorb it and get a feel of your history. It does something to you and awakens the conscious.”
TN Fam, have you ever visited a plantation?
I’m nationally known in my field. Becoming a sought after speaker. I created The Village Model of Community Engagement ⓒ. I’m a school counselor educator & entrepreneur. Over 80 pubs & presentations (and counting). And I’m a wife and girl mom.
Black folks: post a true, non-humble, flex about yourself that you’d never say out loud because you have couth.
I wanna see Ya’ll BRAG on what your Ancestors have rendered!
Me: I’m one the best thinkers, writers and speakers of my generation.
Nearly 12,000 cheering
@vp
as she took the stage this morning to address her sorority,
@akasorority1908
at the 70th Boule in Orlando. Harris thanked them for their legacy of service and called on them to help finish the work undone for society and democracy.
So....my little warrior princess Imani decided last night that she no longer needs her oxygen support...so she took it off. It’s been off ever since. That is a strong little girl...
I literally had this convo w/ colleagues today...how many Black & Brown boys are labeled as difficult when in actuality they’re bored & need to be challenged...
#antiracistSC
DMX was constantly institutionalized from ages seven to fourteen in homes for troubled boys in upstate New York: “They thought I was a bad kid, pain in the ass. I was actually a very bright child who was easily bored and frustrated."
YES!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!!!!
#UVA23
RT
@ZyahnaB
: I said I wanted to go to
@UVA
in 5th grade. It’s been my
#1
school since then.
I just got in EARLY ACTION FOR THE CLASS OF 2023!!!! And my Nana was here to see it 💛😩🙌🏾
In my home office. My 3 year old daughter comes in and sees my tam. Says she wants to try it on. It’s kinda big on her but she’ll grow into it...she’s why I do it
#BlackintheIvory
Today, my beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. turns 113. At the forefront of my mind...my amazing daughters Eva & Imani...my mother instilled a love for AKA in me & I hope they will take up the pink & green mantle themselves one day...
#J15
#Excellence
#AKA1908
New in PSC: "Creating partnerships and interventions with Black community groups requires school counselors to be visible in the community."
@DrKLClemons
Spending the night in the NICU tonight....Imani just about refuses to eat for anyone but me...& she can’t come home until she demonstrates she will eat without a feeding tube & still grow/gain weight...so I’m going to prove she will eat at home. I need a nap in advance.